INEC Test-Run Card-Readers In Delta,11 Other States Today, March 07

Posted on : March 7, 2015 By
INEC Test-Run Card-Readers In Delta,11 Other States Today, March 07
News 

True to general public demand on the need for the Independent National Electoral Commissthe (INEC) to conduct a mock trial of is card reader machines in an election situation, ahead of the forth coming general elections, the Nigerian electoral body has fixed today, Friday, March 07, 2015 to test-run the card readers.CARD-READER1

INEC reveals that the scheduled field-testing of the Smart Card Readers (SCRs) will hold in 225 polling units and 358 voting points across 12 Registration Areas (Wards) in 12 states of the Federation.

The registration areas where the field-test would take place are in Delta, Rivers, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Kano, Taraba, Kebbi, Lagos, Bauchi, Niger and Nasarawa states.

“Affected RAs are in the following Local Government Areas (LGAs): Port Harcourt City (Rivers), Abakaliki (Ebonyi), Ado Ekiti (Ekiti), Gassol (Taraba), Kumbotso (Kano), Bunza (Kebbi), Kokona (Nasarawa), Shiroro (Niger), Ikeja (Lagos), Aguata (Anambra), Oshimili South (Delta) and Jama’are (Bauchi).”
inec-logo
*Source: Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

News Reporter
Blank NEWS Online founding Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Albert Eruorhe Ograka, is a Graduate of Mass Communication. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Journalism from the International Institute of Journalism (IIJ).

Your Comment